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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-03-05

CouRT TERMS; Judge Grant has set the
terms of the Circuit court OF the twenty fifth
Judicial Circuit for the years 1867 "a fol
lows: Delta county-First Monday In Jan.
nary, second Tuesday In May, First Monday
IN October. Iron nty-Second Tuesday In
January, fourth Monday In June third We'd
nesday In November Menominee county
Last Monday In March, third Tuesday Ia June
first Tuesday In september, fourth Monday Ia
November Marquette county--First Wednes.
day In April, fourth Tuesday In May, third
Wednesday In September, first Wednesday In
December
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
INTELLIGENT HORSES.
They Obey the Various Bugle Calls an
Can be Relied on in Battle.

They Obey the Various Bugle Calls and
Can be Relied on in Battle.
II was only young subaltern when
the war broke out, but was thorough
artillery tactician. My highest ambi-
ton was to have light battery of my
own, and had no difficulty in secur-
ing light battery of New York volun-
teer artillery 1t was splendidly
equipped. There were six ten-pound
Parrot guns and twelve as fine horses
for guns and caissons as ever went into
the field. The men were so green that
they did not know the muzzle of a piece
from the breech, and the horses were
fresh from the farms, many of them not
even broken to harness. l at once COM
menced drilling my new command, and
in an incredibly short time it was pro-
nounced ready by the chief of artillery
for active service in the field. That
battery became my pride, and its prof.
cheney in maneuvering do not believe
was ever eXcelled. l believed then,
and still think, that there is not pref
tier military command than light ar
tillery.
1T was the first battery that l had
ever drilled from its inception. | soon
found that the horses learned sooner
than the men. This was especially the
case respecting the bugle-calls. Just
as with the men, too, some of the horses
learned faster than others. Some of
them had better ears for music, too;
and, while there were those who would
obey any bugle-call after executing the
maneuver few times, others, just like
the men, would never learn the mean
ing of the notes. The most proficient
horses were always placed in the lead.
More than once | have dismounted the
men, and then with the bugle put the
battery through the most intricate man
euvers, such us counter-marching at
close intervals at gallOp without u
rider on the horses. had also taught
the two lead teams something not con-
tanned in the tactics, that was to lie
down in the traces at certain bugle-
call This little trick saved my guns at
| inc Ddlule VI I'LL Otho, Ou lllc olSG uety
of May, 1862. The lead teams had been
ordered to lie down as soon rs the firing
began. The enemy's fire was high, but
not far enough above them to save the
pole teams. They were struck down,
but when we were forced to leave the
field there were enough of lead horses
to pull the guns off. All through that
terrible sheet of fame and lead those
horses lay down, not very quietly, of
course, and when the bugle-call sounded
close to their ears, so as to be heard
above the din of battle, they sprang up
to their feet, and, many of them rider
less, executed the order to timber up
and retreat. n-LouiSUi5le C0urjer-J0ar-
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

IF you want tew git at the Cir
conference of q man examine him
among folks; but if you want tew git
at his aktual diameter measure him at
his fireside-BoSton Comnlercial-B ulLe-
tin.
An Irishman who had on a very
ragged coat was asked of what stuff it
was made. "Bedad, l don't know"
said he; "but | think the most of it is
made of fresh air. "-Boston Budget.
Observation-Disclosures a shepherd"
The class do not respond. P.-"Sup-
pose you are all lambs-that is, little
sheep-what am r." Tommie-''The
biggest sheep. "-BoSton Beacon.
Friend Ito Robinson)-"rve just
heard that Mrs. Robinson met with a
runaway accident this morning, but
didn't learn the particulars. Anybody
iniured?" Robinson (cheerfully)-"No-
body but the fellow who ran away with
her." -NeV York San.
81 tell you, Fanny, am bound to
succeed. l have the aptitude. 1t is
close attention to small things which
makes man succeed" "Ah, indeed
Well, that explains it." Explains
what, FannyP" "Why you pay so very
close attention to your mustaehe."
1t seems that alawyer is something
of carpenter. He can file bill, split
hair, chop logic, dovetail an argu'
mcnt, make an entry, get up case,
frame an Indictment, empanel jury,
put them in box, nail witness, ham.
mer Judge, bore a court, chisel 8
client and other like things.
"A scientist is responsible for the
statement that hair around the mouth
impairs the mental faculties. He says
all great orators, statesmen, minister,
and lawyers wear a smooth face. These
discoveries were probably made after
the scientist had used up half lifetime
in unsuccessful attempts to raise mus
tache.- Utica Observer.
Turning the Tables
All, husband, do not stSld your wife
And make her poor heart ache
Because she can't build pies like those
Your mother used to bake.
That is unless you're quite prepared
To see the whole thing through, .
Ind buy the sealsSn sacques Just as
Her father used to do.
Merchant Trdveler.
my dear" said X street fathe
to his daughter, ''who is the gentleman
who has been so attentive to you o
late?" 80, papa, he is such nic'
gentleman, and he gets $4,000 year!'
Great Scott. child, he must be Cabi
net Minister!' 80, no, he isn't, papa
he is the pitcher in baseball nine. "
Washington Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
HOW [ WAS SCALPED:
The Hero, Man with a Patent
Wig.

wish you could have seen Miss Medora
Budderfi in the fall of 1860 She was lust
the loveliest, sweetest creature that these
blue orbs of mine ever gazed upon. Every
young man in Larragona was over head and
ears i'll love with her, your humble servant,
who, alas was not young, included. She
was then in her eighteenth year, and had
Just returned from Madame Criuklem s
bOarding-school, where she had passed two
years, and in that time she had blossomed
out most decidedly pretty and exceedingly
charming. We could hardly believe it was
the same girl that had left us only two
years before / remember the first time
saw her after her return. l was standing
behind the counter in my store Im in the
dry goods and grocery line, and occupy the
large brick building that stands in front of
the railroad depot. Perhaps you have seen
my sign in passing through Larragona on
the cars-William Henry Jonjones, in large
gilt letters over the door,, when through the
medium of my olfactory nerves l became
aware of third person in our immediate
vicinity. l raised my dove-like eyes and
beheld Miss Budderfi just entering the
door
Before her breathed gale of rich per-
fume," as Homer said of Helen, a Grecian
VI oolllC lOlC, tllOuS 81 w hClC olC DOu III
her perfumery the poet doesn't state She
was arrayed in neat morning-dress, and
upon her dainty head she wore one of the
most charming hats Cor thought so then
its out Of fashion now, and consequently
must look horribly, and on her face she wore
such a sunny, melting smile, that upon my
honor, madam, sold that dress pattern to
old Mrs Mungee for ten cents yard less
than cost, before l could recover myself
sufficiently to greet the cause of this re
znarkable fall in dry goods.
''Is it possible" cried l, taking her hand
in mine, shat this is little Medora Builder
aiir
"Why Mr.. Jonjones, have changed SC
muchl" she asked.
''You have grown SOL
hesitated. l felt a blush creeping ny
between my shoulder-blades.
''So--so what, Mr.. Jonjonesn And she
turned her dark eyes full upon my face.
$50 lovelyn
But saw that she was pleased with the
compliment, notwithstanding it came from
a bachelor Of forty, who had often dandlet
her upon his knee and given her sugar
~plums when she was wee little maiden
oGly few short years before
"When did you arrive in townp / asked
''Last night; and now l am to remain il
Larragona.n
"Education completed, of courser'
Eyes; nothing more to learn. Madam,
Grinkiem put on the finishing touches dur
ing the last term, she replied, with smile
Then, at her request, displayed a variet t.
of linens, muslins, lace, ribbons, etc, 10
her to choose from, which it took her aver.
Roug time TO do, thought wished it had take
1Onger; ana meantime we had great de5
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
a DOLEFUL DRUGGIST.
He Tells of His Benefactions to Humanity
and Bemoans Its Ingratitude.

He Tells of His Benefactions to Humanity
and Bemoans Its Ingratitude.
go, yes, drugs have come down in
price great deal in the last year
or two" said an uptown dispenser
of notwithstanding compounds as he
glanced sadly at the price list in front
of his door. "The bottom has fallen
out of every thing. Not only standard
drugs but proprietary medicines have
been so reduced in price that there is
scarcely any profit left in the business.
Medicines that we used to get ST.. 25 for
now sell for Is cents; dollar medicines
90 for so or 65 cents; 25-cent COM
pounds for Is cents, and so on.
"Of course that's all right for the
public, but how about US? Nobody
stops to think that besides supplying
drugs and medicines, saving lives at all
hours of the night, spreading health
broadcast by dispensing pure soda
water and other things for which we
get some little return, we are an indis-'
pensable public convenience in ways
that never bring us a cent of profit.
For instance, here and everywhere
else, except down town, every body
who waits for q street car waits for
it in drug store. Everybody who
wants to borrow newspaper or
get light for cigar, or look at direc-
tory, or use a telephone, or inquire
about the family who moved away
from the house three blocks away year
before last, or put up free ADVERTISE
ment, or write postal card, goes
straight for drug store. Then look at
the people who save doctors bills.
They come in here, describe their symp-
toms, tell how sick they are and want
to know what to do about it. We tell
them to soak their feet, wear wooden
socks, and take dose of salts or what
ever else they need, and they thank us
and buy postage stamp. Why I've
spent half an hour at time telling a
man what to do for sore throat or govt,
and then seen him go away without
spending cent This sort of thing
goes on all the time. We are con-
tinually giving people information, adj
vice and all kinds of accommodation.
It's little tough to run that sort of
a charitable institution on profit of
eight cents on every dollar bottle of
medicine you sell. It's no wonder we
make the sarsaparilla sirup for the soda
water fountain by shaking an empty
sarsaparilla bottle over bucket of
water. We would be justified in doing
worse things than that, / think. IN.
Y Commercial AdUerttSer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
There are 10000 women in Gin,

There are 10000 women in Cincin-
natl who earn their living.
Scientists state that water once
contaminated by sewage never becomes
purified by natural means.
1t has been discovered in France
that the fatty matter of wool may be
transformed into a substance, which
has been named "ceroid," having the
consistency and several properties of
wax.-BoSton Budget.
-Spectroscopic observations give a
different composition for variable stars
at different periods, thus indicating
that the variability results from the
combustion of different substances.
Flour barrels made from paper
pulp have been tested and approved by
the chief inspector of the New York
produce exchange. They are light,
tight, seamless and strong, and the
pulp can be made from common marsh
weeds and grasses. Chicago Tribune.
The japanese, says lie Genie Civile,
have invented process of making
paper with marine algae. This paper
is very strong and so transparent that
it can be used in the place of glass. 1t
takes colors well and much resembles
the ancient stained glass.
Boston IS not one of the great loco
motive building centers of the country,
but nevertheless single establishment
in this city has orders for forty-six iron
horses, which will soon be snorting
across Western prairies or through
Northern forests.-BOSton Transcript.
According to Prof. Dufour, one Of
the proofs-a new one-of the roundness
of the earth consists in the reformation
of images produced on large surfaces of
calm water. This may often be wit
messed on the Lake of Geneva, and i'll
the case of ships some miles distant at
sean Y. Examiner.
The dam to be built at Quaker
Bridge to supply New York with water
will be the greatest reservoir in the
world, as it is to hold 10000. 600, 600
gallons 1t will furnish 100 gallons OF
water daily to each person in city of
over 5000, 900 inhabitants, and will put
back the project of drawing water from
Lake Champlain and the Adirondack
region for the next forty or fifty years.
The dam itself will probably cost &c.,
000,OOO.-M O. Times Democrat.
-Sohneke states that the electricity
which is discharged during thunder
storm is produced by the friction OF
water and ice, that is, that the ice is
electrified by friction of water. Just
before thunderstorm water-clOuds
(cumuli) and ice-clouds (cirri, cirros
ratD appear simultaneously in the sky
The friction of these particles of ice
and water is a sufficient cause of the
electricity which is generated.-M Y
Independent.
If the condensed breath collected
on the cool window-panes of a room
where a number of persons have beer
assembled be burned, smell of singeC
4 hair will show the presence of organic
matter; and, if the condensed breath
be allowed to remain on the windows
for few days, it will be found on ex-
animation by microscope, that it is
alive with animalcul9. 1t is the in
halation of air containing such putres
cent matter which causes half the sicl
headaches which might be avoided by ;
circulation of fresh air.-Phitadelphit
| BulLetin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23

The Chicago Nc,Cs claims to havo
received letter from Charles Egbert
Craddock favoring knee-breeches in
these words: II have worn them for a
number of years, and am very much
pleased with them. Nothing could in
duce me to wear trousers now. Dos
ton Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
Killed by His Own Medicine.

"There is newspaper account of q
book agent who forgot to turn off the gas
and was killed by asphyxiation," said
Gags to Jags.
"Hum; that reminds me" murmured
Jags.
"Of what?"
"Of that doctor who was killed last
summer by taking his own medicine. "
Merchant Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23

"A workman at the Carson mint has
discovered that drill points heated to q
cherry red and tempered by being driven
into a bar of lead, will bore through the
hardest steel or plate glass without per-
ceptibly bunting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23

Immigration this year, according
to the estimate of Superintendent Jack
son, of New York, will add 100000 to
our population ---'-----'-.1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
HE AND SHE.

He
The markets down, 1 VOW,
;. And I'll lose an even thou
III they don't come up again this very morning;
I've put all my little pile
Where thought it well worth while
And now the things collapsing without warn
ingi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23
SHE.

SHE.
I've swept out every room
With this poor old patient broom
And I've yet a hundred thousand things to do
There's a custard pie to make,
And a pan of rusk to bake,
And chicken l must pick to make q stew.
There's the wash to sprinkle down
must mend that ragged gown
before try to iron it tomorrow;
Then there worn out socks to darn
as I've used up all my yarn
III have to scour the neghborhood and borrow
The silver should be rubbed,
And the china closet scrubbed
Not TO mention hopping up the kitchen floor;
And what no little thing,
There are hods of coal to bring
"A half dozen times day or morel
Oh, wish was a man,
Orcoud do as husbands can,
Just get up and leave the premises in peacel
How tired woman wishes
She could start and leave the dishes
And have no dread Of sloppy suds or grease!
In their cosy office chairs,
Free from all the frets and cares
That assall poor housekeepers every minute
How can men know the woes,
Or the agoniZing throes,
Of q woman's life or half the worries in it?
Tn sure I've walked as far
As the Sandwich Islands are,
While parading tween the pantry and the sink
And have a crazy notion
That for pure perpetual motion
q can beat the toughest skater at the rink
And it all is very well
For gentleman to tell
When he comes home to his supper in the dusk
That he's had a trying day,
While he sips cafe an lda.
Or eats an unappreciated rusk
Oh, to have an easy chair
In quiet office where
There is no heated kitchen air to smother:
What tired woman wouldn't
Do what she knows she couldn't
Exchange her state for that of man and brother
-EUG Best, in Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-23

I've put all my llUble pie
Where thought it well worth while
And now the things collapsing without warn.
- ingi
Oh, q fellows life is hard
When he holds trumping card
Or thinks he does-and finds it's not the right
When Dame Fortune shows her hand
Then he can understand
That his brain is, after all, no very bright onel
think it's only human
To wish to be woman
And be rid of mems perplexing business cares
There's my wife at home this minute,
She can't guess what troubles in it,
Or see the use Of having bulls and bearsl
While am fretting here,
Filled with anxious dread and fear,
She's no doubt all happy, quiet and content,
Sitting in her rocking chair,
With some knitting light as air.
Over which her little curly head is benti
And when go home tonight
she II not guess my anxious plight.
Nor how all day I've lived in constant dread;
And she'll look at me and say,
In her own peculiar way:
"lve worked to-day till I'm almost dead!'
But no sympathy I'll get
Nor shall dare to fret
Though I'll mention that I've had an anxious
day;
She will, ten to one, look up,
With smile across her cup,
AS she pours her tea and my cafe an lah
She don't know how well she's off,
Or she wouldn't sit and scoh
Az everything tell her in that style;
What's a little house to keep
could do it i'll my sleep
i wish we could change places for awhile
Why my wife could never tell,
II she lived to be as-wel,
AS old as old Methuselah, the healthy,
What awful business cares
Come because of bulls and bears,
And because l would become-for her sake
Wealthyi
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-31
LITERARY NOTES.

WHAT is said 10 be one OF Edward
AtkinsoD's most valuable, suggestive
and timely economical papers will be
given In the August Century. II Is en-
titled Glow Prices, HighWages, Small
Profits: What Makes Them?"
THE Thackersy letters published in
the August number of Ssrlbner's Mag.
az ne, contain feveral fac smiles and
drawinge, which have been sent 10
Mrs. Brooi field by Ter iriends.
Among them is part Of letter to Mr1.
Elliot, which contains two drawings.
A YOUNG American artist, Mr.. Geo
Hitchcock, who has ived in Holland
for number Of years, received hon.
orable mention at the Paris Salon Of
1857 for u remarkable pic ure, entitled
Tulip Culture" Mr. Hitchcock has
written bis fret magazine article for
the August Scribnei's, entitled "rhe
PICTURESQUE Quality OF Holland" AID
he has illustrated IL with number oil
drawings, among th, m being one Of
the original studies for mis- Salon
picture.
In the Angus Century Gen. Joeeph
Z. Johnston gives an inside view oil
bis campaign In Opposing shsrman't
Advance TO Atlsnta;" Col. Henry
Stone describes floods Invasion OIL
Tennessee" sfter Johnston had been
relieved ard Atlanta had fallen. Col
Stones paper includes description Of
the battles Of franklin and Nashville
Among the several interesting contri
buttons to the "Memoranda Oh the
Civil War" Is letter from Gen. Grant
hitherto unpublished, in which b,
gives his reasons for according liberia
| terms IN the Vickshrrg parr's1n.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-31

Long may she live to set he fashions
Of the land and make the habits Of
the people tend toward health and
happiness. Fair LADY, chiefest Of the
land, we Of the gentle art and manly
life lift hats to thee in welcome and
admiration. Command us.
A sail A sail A rival boat! A
rival boat has shot out from the high
bluff upon our starboard bow and
runs across our course. A race! A
racel Shake out the reefs, up with
the flying jib. Aha! that sends her
Trim to hair your sheets. The
booms are buckling aud the masts
bond to the strain! Then bend on
preventer stays and haul them taut;
smartly, smart!y. A squalll Look
aft Nay, nay, who cares for squalls
or rising wind. j see my rival only
aud that I'm gaining. The lee rail
under All right All right A swash
it is and half her coaming is under.
Who cares, who cares? A yacht was
made to sail. I'll win or drive her
under. We gain, we gain Hold fast
my hearties There goes his flying
jib. There drops his peak. He sees
the squat. pistrusts his boat and
fcarsit. Hold fasti Start not your
sheets an inch. The yacht, / say,
will stand it. We'fy, we shoot. We
reach his quarter and now with deck
aswash the spars all bent like Bonded
saips,. each rope strained taut, our
faces wet with spray and tiller tightly
gripped, we pass him like a shot.
Harrah { .hnrrabl Good boat, good
crew, weyg won the race. Hurrah
The day IS ended, Happy has it
lbeea in alfits hours and happy is its
closing hour. The sun has sunk
from sight aud its glory fades along
the sky. The shadows deepen 10 the
| valleys and the low shore darkens.
Slowly the duskiness Of coming
evening steals out from the dim
beaches and spreads softly over the
water. Gloon, darkens in the firma'
ment aod the stars brighten. The
voices Of the night become audible
and the minute, invisible creatures,
that live in turf Yud sand, beneath
the cover Of leaves and under stones
and stems begin to talk and sing.
Tho little yacht rolls easily to a
gentle swell. Ii rocks us as once
our cradle did to the gentle verge oil
slumber. Good night to all that
floats on water, TO all that SLEEP
meath tents aud under boughs, good
night TO all our loved ones far away
God bless US all. Good night.
W. II. ii. MURRAY.